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Will Lemon just returned from Art Basil where he worked on the Paul
Rowland show. His Marc Jacobs’ ad (shot by Terry Richardson) just ran
in HARPER’S BAZAAR. His musical project, Moon & Moon’s, album
release show is coming up on Dec. 14th at Glasslands Gallery in Brooklyn
(http://www.glasslands.com/).
Be sure to check it out if you’re in town!
Jess Holzworth is busy working on her solo art show which will
debut in NYC in Feb. at the Sunday Gallery, and she’s working on
a swimsuit design for Volcom. Jess recently directed the new music video
for Beck’s single “Gamma Ray” off his release, Modern Guilt….Check
out this psychedelic thrill ride, starring Oscar-nominated actress, Chloe
Sevigny (and our own Will Lemon!), and featuring animated versions of
Jess’ collage art here: http://giantartists.com/director_holzworth_reel.php.
Seth Smoot worked with Oscar-winning director Ed Zwick and Paramount
Pictures on a recent photo session for Zwick’s upcoming feature,
“Defiance,” the true WWII story of three Jewish brothers who
hid in the Belorussian forests and built a community of partisan fighters,
saving over 1200 Jews by war's end.
Aaron Ruell directed a new TV campaign for Nintendo Wii, and shot
an upcoming print campaign for Clear, with Secret Weapon. Aaron was also
featured in SHOTS magazine – read it here: http://www.shots.net/news_detail.asp?id=4477.
Lauren Dukoff photographed Scott Weiland and She & Him for
ROLLING STONE and Gerard Way for COMPLEX. She also shot the look book
for the debut fashion collection by JMM.
Justin Krietemeyer of National Forest was a design judge for the
Seattle Show (http://work.seattleshow.org/).
The Burton campaign and boards have launched! National Forest developed,
branded & designed the 2008/09 Burton Women's campaign, called “Live
What You Love,” top to bottom. They also have some bindings coming
out that we are stoked on. They’re currently working with DC Shoes
& the Bonnaroo Music Festival….stay tuned!
Michael Schmelling shot for DAZED & CONFUSED, SPIN, BLENDER
& Columbia/Startime (the band Wild Light). If you were lucky enough
to be in NYC in November, you may have attended the show & book party
for Michael’s book, The Week of No Computer, at The Liquor Store.
He also debuted a short film at J+L Books Variety Show at Aperture in
New York, and his work is in two Tiny Vices exhibits, one in Miami and
one L.A.
David Calderley just completed Design and Art Directional work
in collaboration with Yard for the New Spring/Summer 09 John Varvatos
Converse Campaign. He also designed the New All American Rejects CD package
for Interscope Records, and is currently working for Dentsu on Brand development
and print for the new US flagship office Dentsu America in NY (inclusive
of all print materials and Interior large scale mural work). David is
designing logo/brand materials for photographer Peter Yang including book,
printed collateral, and website. David continues to work with Station
Films on additional design, brand and website development. And if that’s
not enough, he’s creating illustrations for singer/songwriter, Chris
Grace’s new CD….and now I’m going to take a nap!
Uber-stylist & fashion icon Shirley Kurata worked with Furlined
and the director Yael Staav on a commercial shoot for Wrigley’s,
styled the cover for an upcoming issue of DOMINO, and worked with photographer
Patrick Fraser on a shoot with BLACKBOOK. Shirley is also styling actress
& musician Zooey Deschanel for the press junket & premieres for
her new movie “Yes Man.”
Jeremy & Claire Weiss are finally taking time to clean up
their house and restructure their portfolio after a year of non-stop back-to-back
shoots!
Blake Marquis continues to work on design & illustration for
Microsoft through our good friends at JWT in New York. He’s also
busy re-designing the Giant Artists website, which is scheduled to debut
after the holidays….Be sure to check back in January!
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We're happy to announce we now represent the super talented photographer
& cinematographer, David Black - www.giantartists.com/photography_black.php.
Print Magazine named him as a Top New Visual Artist under 30, last year
he was included in The Art Directors Club of New York "Young Gun's 5"
show and book, and this year he was nominated for best individual portrait
by The New York Photo Festival. His work has appeared in American Photography
22 and he is a frequent contributor to T: The New York Times Style Magazine,
Interview, and Stop Smiling. His Cinematography can be seen for music
videos for The Virgins, Hearts Revolution to the Sundance Channel, MTV
and Award Winning Shorts. David is also a visiting instructor at Pratt
Institute as well as The San Francisco Art Institute. He lives in New
York City. David most recently shot the Daft Punk and Oliver Stone covers
of STOP SMILING, as well as portraits of Richard Hell, The Silver Jews,
and Zooey Deschanel. He shot I.U.D. and Gang Gang Dance for USELESS, The
Virgins for INTERVIEW, Hannah Bailey for TEEN VOGUE, Philip Crangi for
DOMINO, Italo Zucchelli for ESQUIRE, and a fashion story for LATINA MAGAZINE.
The Chase Bank ads he shot for McGarry Bown and Ryan Partnership are out!
David DP'd videos for The Virgins and Hearts Revolution, and the upcoming
film "Floyd and the Straight Edge," written & directed by Susanna Locascio.
William Lemon III is now represented by Giant Artists, and we couldn't
be more excited! Will invented a very precise, beautiful form of body
painting called Skin Printing and can paint anything on the body - the
tiniest (or biggest) logo, a poem, pattern, tattoo, etc. He's most recently
worked with artists like Marc Jacobs and Terry Richardson for HARPER'S
BAZAAR, M.A.C. cosmetics, Dash Snow, Animal Collective for SPIN, Devendra
Banhart, Kai Regan, and Richard Burbridge. Will did the skin printing
for and co-starred with Chloe Sevigny in Beck's new video for "Gamma Ray,"
which premiered on MySpace.com on Oct. 28th to over 90,000 views! He's
also a multi-talented fine artist. His artwork, which includes tapestries,
wood blocks, installations, and short films, can be found on his website
at www.williamlemon.com.
Jeremy & Claire Weiss shot the print ads for XBox for McCann Erickson
featuring the one and only Burt Reynolds! They wrapped up another campaign
for Converse and more work for Rockstar Games. They also photographed
Girl Talk for ROLLING STONE, shot Freddy Rodriguez for TIME OUT CHICAGO,
Sam Querry for TENNIS MAGAZINE, and documented Spiritualized for Myspace
Music. Their photos can be seen on newsstands now in L'UOMO VOGUE, VMAN,
and ANTENNA.
Mark Hunter (the Cobrasnake) worked with McKinney on a campaign
for Nike, which can already been seen in-stores. He also shot another
campaign with Deutsch for PlayStation SingStar Country, and worked with
Wenner Media on an advertorial for BlackBerry "Hot Hollywood" in US WEEKLY.
He's been to Japan, NYC, LA, China and documented Paris Fashion Week this
month! He also walked on the moon and may or may not have solved the economic
crisis.
Aaron Ruell directed an XBox spot starring Burt Reynolds! for McCann
Erickson this month. He participated in a group exhibit in the "Young
LA" show at Project M Gallery and is having a show in Buenos Aires at
ThisIsNotAGallery.
F. Scott Schafer shot a holiday ad campaign for Palm Centro with
Creature LLC. It'll be out soon!
Stylist Shirley Kurata worked with Aaron Ruell on the XBox shoot
for McCann, and worked with director Dave Laden on a spot for Epson through
Uber Content.
Art Director/Designer David Calderley has stayed very busy this
month! He designed the brand identity for BigFoot, a NY media company,
designed the Courtney Jaye EP packaging, and an ad campaign and couture
+ collection look books for Carmen Marc Valvo Spring 09. David continues
to work with Bespoken Clothiers on their website and is currently developing
the Kelly Van Gogh Beauty Website. David's working with Station Films,
a new production company, on their website and brand identity. He's also
designing the album packaging & marketing materials for the All American
Rejects (Interscope), artist Chris Grace (Blacklight Rumble Album), and
is working with Dentsu case logo development and brand tools for N. America.
Blake E. Marquis has been working non-stop with JWT on an ongoing
campaign for Microsoft! He also designed prints for Michael Ian Black
and Michael Showalter.
Michael Schmelling worked with T: THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE,
shot Antony (of Antony & the Johnsons) for the cover of THE WIRE, and
camera on the T-Pain video "Karaoke," directed by Bankhead in Miami.
Lauren Dukoff documented the bands Little Joy and Megapuss on their
west coast tour, and is finishing her book, Family, for Chronicle Books
(available Spring 09). She shot the look book for designers JMM, worked
with the American Red Cross on a campaign for the American Youth Council,
and with the good folks at BBDO Worldwide on a campaign for Autism Speaks.
Lauren also shot a story for FERRARI MAGAZINE in San Francisco, and has
a Soundcheck photo in the current issue of SPIN. She photographed the
band Spinnerette for SPIN and She & Him for ROLLING STONE.
Laura Crosta continues working on the Hotel Café Tour documentary
film, which she's directing. She also finished a new video for The Alternate
Routes for Vanguard Records (out now!), and finished a campaign for Yahoo!
through our friends at Ogilvy & Mather.
Blossom Berkofsky After spending some time in Los Angeles, Blossom
is back in New York and continues to work on her personal projects. She
shot musician Rebecca Pidgeon for her upcoming album release and the photographs
she took for the Bespoken Clothiers lookbook can now be viewed here www.bespokenclothiers.com.
Seth Smoot spent the month shooting stills on an upcoming short
film, based on the Murikami story "Into Thin Air." You can see his image
as the opener for the "Best Of" Restaurants section in the current ESQUIRE.
In gallery news...Blake Marquis and Jeremy & Claire Weiss'
work was shown at the PARK LIFE exhibit at SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS GALLERY
during the month of October. Jeremy & Claire Weiss, Aaron Ruell,
and Mark Hunter (the Cobrasnake) all showed work at YOUNG LA, showcasing
the best in emerging LA talent.
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Jeremy & Claire Weiss wrapped a global campaign for Nokia for Wieden
+ Kennedy (shot in South Africa & L.A.), and two back to back campaigns
for Converse.
Mark Hunter (the Cobrasnake) worked with The Richards Group on
a campaign for Vassarette. The campaign he shot for Harrah's Casinos (BBDO
West) is in full swing now, as is the campaign he shot for Yahoo! (Ogilvy
& Mather). He was busy shooting shows and events during fashion week in
NYC and will be in Paris during fashion week this month, as well.
Michael Schmelling worked with GQ, DETAILS (during the New Orleans
evacuation), NEW YORK MAGAZINE, T. THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE,
TEEN VOGUE, THE JOURNAL, FAST COMPANY, BLENDER, and SPIN, and shot album
and promotional photographs and album design for "The End of The World"
(Flameshovel/Pretty Activity Records). Michael's book, The Plan, is set
for release by J+L Books in Spring, 2009. "The Week of No Computer," Michael's
new book, is available through TV Books - www.tvbookshop.com.
Blossom Berkofsky photographed Lenka for SPIN, and shot the fashion
line Willows for AUSTRALIAN VOGUE. She also worked with the designers
WREN and SHIPLEY & HALMOS during fashion week. Blossom continues to work
with BESPOKEN CLOTHIERS, on their lines for Spring/Summer '09.
Blake E. Marquis did an illustration and design for Cheech & Chong's
LA show. He also worked with the folks at JWT in NYC on an upcoming campaign,
and his work can be seen in Over & Over, a book about pattern design.
Blake has a group show at Subliminal Projects in Los Angeles, opening
Oct. 4th.
Seth Smoot photographed the band Longwave (Original Signal Recordings)
for their new release. He also worked with ESQUIRE on their "Best of"
Restaurants issue, and ELLE DÉCOR UK. He worked with NYC & Co. photographing
the band Oasis for an upcoming documentary from filmmakers and music-video
directors the Malloys. Oasis' new album Dig Out Your Soul doesn't hit
stores 'til October 7, but the British rock band agreed to give NYC locals
and visitors a preview of three unreleased tracks via the instruments
and voices of nearly 20 MUNY (Music Under New York) performers - who would
eventually filter out to MTA subway platforms and streets throughout the
City to perform the never-before-heard songs for passers-by. Check out
the story & photos here: www.nycvisit.com.
Autumn de Wilde shot the '09 campaign for Oliver Peoples featuring
Zooey Deschanel & Matt Costa.
Lauren Dukoff worked with the American Red Cross on a campaign
with the Teen Choice Awards winners & nominees, including Fergie, Josh
Duhamel, and Lil Mama. She also worked with ELLE, FAST COMPANY, FILTER,
and has six shoots in NYLON'S September issue and Mila Kunis in NYLON
GUYS this month. Lauren documented Beck and Devendra Banhart in Reno and
at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. She was nominated for
PRINT MAGAZINE's annual New Vision Artists competition. Congrats!
F. Scott Schafer just returned from shooting British comedian Harry
Hill and the group Hope in London. His second year lecturing at the PDN
photo expo is coming up at the end of October.
National Forest will be wrapping a successful solo exhibit, Somehow,
We All Seem Connected, at Subliminal Projects in L.A. on Sept. 19th. If
you live in LA, be sure to check it out! Steve released a book, Our Mountain,
published by Six Pack France & Element. Check out a short film about the
exhibit here - www.subliminalprojects.com.
National Forest continues to work with DDB on an upcoming project, and
is working with the lovely folks at Noise Pop on visual materials for
2009. National Forest is now available for motion graphics & animation
work as well!
Stylist Shirley Kurata worked on campaigns for Nokia, Oliver Peoples,
Vassarette, and Microsoft, and with artists like Zooey Deschanel, Jenny
Lewis, Elvis Costello, and The Bird & The Bee, among others. She also
styled the upcoming cover of FILTER magazine, and worked as a creative
director with designers Rodarte during fashion week.
Laura Crosta worked once again with Yahoo! and our friends at Ogilvy
& Mather. She photographed Daphne Willis and The Alternate Routes for
Vanguard Records, and directed a music video for The Alt Routes. Her music
video for Brendan James' single "Green" can be viewed here - www.youtube.com.
Art Director and Designer David Calderley worked with Beck on the
album packaging for his new album "Modern Guilt." David is also working
with Chris Cornell on his new solo release on Interscope Records. David
continues to design the websites and brand imagery for Station Films and
Bespoken Clothiers.
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Steven Harrington and Justin Krietemeyer of National Forest are
having their first solo show in Los Angeles in four years at Subliminal
Projects Gallery. Somehow, We All Seem Connected will feature handmade
multiples and sculptures exploring human connectivity and humorous points
of similarity, through their perception of reality, experience, and imagination.
The show will run from August 23 to September 19. Please join us for the
artists' reception on Saturday, August 23 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Subliminal Projects Gallery
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
P. 213.213.0078
Mark Hunter (the Cobrasnake) shot ad campaigns for Yahoo! with
Ogilvy & Mather and PlayStation with Deutsch.
Laura Crosta also worked with the good folks at Ogilvy on a campaign
for Yahoo!
Jeremy & Claire Weiss shot a global campaign for Nokia with Wieden
+ Kennedy. They also photographed The Western States Motel, and worked
with NPR, ANTENNA, DEATH & TAXES, and the band OK Go.
Blake E. Marquis won a Clio for One Show Book! Congratulations
to him. Blake also illustrated portraits for Ready Made Magazine, and
for MySpace.com or Dave Attell and Joel McHale. He's continuing to work
with TruTV to create icons for Facebook. Blake is designing a coffee table
for Red Bull, and just moved into new Studio space in NYC. The Truth ReMix
project went live, and got a write up in CREATIVITY - www.creativity-online.com.
Blake designed the whole look and feel.
Autumn de Wilde photographed Joshua Radin for Sony BMG, Christina
Courtin for Nonesuch, and Polly Scattergood for Mute in London. She directed
videos for The Raconteurs, Death Cab for Cutie's single "Cath," and Greg
Laswell. She also worked with VOGUE, THE JOURNAL, and L'UOMO VOGUE.
Seth Smoot shot an ad campaign for On-Q for The Ingredient and
for Olade with Firefly Media.
Aaron Ruell shot a print campaign for the NFL through BBDO.
Michael Schmelling photographed the band Derek Trucks for Sony
BMG and Lambchop for Merge. He also worked with RADAR on a feature about
gas mining in the Poconos, John Ashcroft for DETAILS, Dubstep for NY MAGAZINE,
Brightblack Morning Light for BLENDER, and shot the cover of AMERICAN
CRAFT. He spent most of the month in Atlanta finishing up the Outkast
book (due Spring 2009, Continuum Publishing). He shot Young Jeezy for
BLENDER and spent a week in LA shooting T-Pain and Lil Wayne for Nappy
Boy Entertainment and Bank Head LLC. Check out "The Week of No Computer,"
Michael's new book available through TV Books.
F. Scott Schafer shot the galleries for William Shatner's new talk
show "Raw Nerve" on A&E, "Do Not Disturb" for Fox, and "Judge Alex" for
Twentieth Television. He also worked with A&E on their reality series
"The Exterminators" ad campaign, "Eureka" for the Sci-Fi Channel, and
"Stargate Atlantis," also for Sci-Fi.
National Forest Design is working with the folks at DDB San Francisco
on a project for Pine-Sol.
Stylist Shirley Kurata worked on campaigns for PlayStation, Yahoo,
Comcast, Mastercard, and Nokia. She also worked with artists Beck and
Joshua Radin.
David Calderley is designing the album cover for Chris Cornell's
upcoming release (Interscope Records), and did the layout for Beck's new
release "Modern Guilt," as well as a website for Bespoken Clothiers, a
youth brand for Turnbull & Asser. He's also working on an upcoming Madonna
release on Warner Bros. Records. David art directed Mercury Rev's new
album "Snowflake Midnight," and Courtney Jaye's release "Queen of Sabotage."
He did the brand system for both print & web for Station Film, a new production
company for commercial directors. He's working with a NY swimwear company
rebrand for print and the Carmen Marc Valvo Fall 08 invitations.
Lauren Dukoff worked with the EVENING STANDARD (UK), READY MADE,
COSMO GIRL, C MAGAZINE, NYLON, and THE GUARDIAN. She also shot Eleni Mandell,
Dana Goodyear, and The Spill Canvass for WB Records.
Blossom Berkofsky worked with BLENDER, TEEN VOGUE, and VICE.
Friend of Giant Artists, Philip Andelman, documented Jay-Z at Glastonbury
for Island Def Jam.
Eden Batki took a road trip to the desert of Jordan for BUDGET
TRAVEL, including a cruise on Lake Nasser in Egypt. Her travels also took
her to Beirut and Cairo. Her photo shoot for DIVA is out now!
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Mark Hunter (the Cobrasnake) and Seth Smoot worked with
the good folks at BBDO West on an upcoming campaign for Harrah's Casino.
Seth has also been working with director Jared Hess on his upcoming film
"Gentlemen Broncos."
F. Scott Schafer photographed William Shatner for his upcoming
talk show on the A&E network.
Steven Harrington and Justin Krietemeyer of National
Forest Design will be embarking on a traveling solo European art-show
at the end of this month called Our Mountain sponsored by Sixpack
and Element Skateboards. Official flyer with dates can be viewed here
- www.nationalforest.com.
The show will open in Paris at the Lazy Dog Gallery (www.thelazydog.fr/)
on June 5th and will travel through Paris, Milan, Berlin and Barcelona...
Along with the show, Steven will be releasing his first solo book consisting
of 160 pages: www.highsnobiety.com.
In addition to the book, Steven will also be releasing some custom shaped
and designed limited-edition-element-series-skateboard-decks, a paper
toy, 10 new prints and some other surprises. You can check the tour dates,
SH book info, day-by-day photo blog of the tour and 'in-progress' shots
here: elementaudiovisual.com/ourmountain/.
They'll be working on keeping the blog fresh 'on the road' so check back
often.
Michael Schmelling worked with Sony BMG on a shoot for the band
Derek Trucks in Jacksonville. He also worked with SUNDAY MAGAZINE (Australia),
TEEN VOGUE, AMERICAN CRAFT, SEED MAGAZINE, and shot Wolf Parade in Montreal
for SPIN. He is also participating in 2 group shows: 'Anti-Hero' at Mountain
Fold Gallery, New York, NY May 15th- June 28th and 'Various Photographs'
at the New York Photo Festival.
Autumn de Wilde worked with Beck on photos for his upcoming album
on Interscope Records, Randy Newman (Nonesuch Records), Conor Oberst (Team
Love), Little Big Town (Capitol Records Nashville), Inara George (Everloving),
The Raconteurs (WB Records), and Joshua Radin (Sony BMG). She also photographed
Kick Gurry for the cover of SUNDAY MAGAZINE (Australia), and worked with
TEEN VOGUE and FLAIR MAGAZINE.
Graphic Designer/Illustrator Blake E. Marquis worked with Saatchi
LA on a campaign for Toyota.
Jeremy & Claire Weiss worked with Rockstar Games in NYC on an upcoming
campaign. They also shot for GIANT MAGAZINE, DEATH + TAXES, an MGM Grand
Advertorial for LAS VEGAS MAGAZINE and did a publicity shoot with the
band OK Go on Capitol Records and shot The Black Keys for MySpace.
Blossom Berkofsky shot the look book and product images for Bespoken
Clothiers in NYC, a newly launched high-end fashion line for men. She
also worked with VICE MAGAZINE.
Creative/Art Director David Calderley is working with Station Films
on designing their complete brand identity including logo and website.
Stylist Shirley Kurata worked with Uber Content on a commercial
shoot for McDonald's, and with photographer Autumn de Wilde on shoots
with Beck, Little Big Town, Randy Newman, and Joshua Radin.
Laura Crosta directed a music video for Brendan James (Velour Music),
and she photographed Katy Perry for ANGELENO MAGAZINE.
Friend of Giant Artists, Corey Walter, worked with Young & Rubicam
and Wunderman in London on an upcoming campaign for Land Rover.
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Blake E. Marquis along with Arnold Worldwide won an Andy Award
for his One Show Annual design work. Congratulations!! Blake's original
typeface Penny and Circus Maximus have been released by You Work For Them.
He finished interactive work for a TruTV Facebook and MySpace application,
completed posters for Brian Posehn and Eddie Izzard for MySpace, and is
working on Truth Remix branding and packaging (artists include Diplo and
Z*Trip). Blake is also working on artists select t-shirts for Threadless
and a portrait of Bobby Lee from MADtv. His GreeNYC "infinity apple" logo
is making some news these days, too. He'll be moving to Philly in May.
Autumn de Wilde directed the music video for The Raconteurs first
single "Salute Your Solution" from their new album "Consolers of the Lonely."
She shot Death Cab for Cutie (Atlantic Records) for their upcoming release,
and Mason Jennings and G Love for Brushfire. She shot Rodarte for TEEN
VOGUE and WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY. She worked with Eric Hutchinson for Warner
Bros. Records, and shot The Raconteurs in Nashville for their new album.
She traveled to Dublin, Ireland to shoot Lost Highway artist Fionn Regan
for his new release. Her photographs of Elliott Smith were on exhibit
in Austin, TX, during SXSW at Four Walls Fine Art (presented by Noise
Pop).
Michael Schmelling worked with SPIN on a feature about the music
biz, and photographed My Morning Jacket for BLENDER. He also directed
a viral music video for the band Sunny Day Sets Fire. Michael has a solo
show at the Bucketrider Gallery in Chicago April 18 - May 18. Be sure
to check it out if you're in the Chicago area!
National Forest just finished the 2009 Burton Snowboards Women's
advertising campaign. They also just received some of the 2009 boards
that they worked on last year and they are beautiful. New NF Burton Bindings
coming out in 2010 as well. Justin did the cover for FLAUNT Magazine which
had a small feature on National Forest. NF also did a small multimedia
installation for the release party in Los Angeles. Habitat skateboards
has a new series of Steve Harrington signature series boards coming out
next year. Justin and Steve have also been working on a touring art show
named "Our Mountain" that will debut at Lazy Dog Gallery in Paris, France
in June. The show will then tour Europe making stops in England, Spain,
Italy, and Germany. Steve has a 200 page book and Element skateboard series
coming out in conjunction with the show.
Jeremy & Claire Weiss photographed Danger Mouse (Waxploitation),
and shot The Donnas for NYLON. They also shot Pennywise and Stephen Malkmus
for MySpace. Their photos of Gnarls Barkley can be seen this month on
the cover of PASTE, and in BILLBOARD, BLENDER, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, and
THE GUARDIAN, to name a few. They have photographs hanging at ISM Gallery
in Long Beach, have an interview in French Magazine BLACKPOOL, and are
featured in the art book Apenest.
Blossom Berkofsky worked with SPIN documenting the SXSW Music Festival
in Austin, TX.
The Cobrasnake worked with Converse and also shot a fashion story
for NYLON and a feature for SPIN. He shot the band Paramore in Birmingham,
AL, for BLENDER. He continues to travel around the world, seemingly weekly.
Eden Batki shot a portrait of Megan Whitmarsh for BUST.
Seth Smoot worked with Environment Furniture on a campaign for
their newest store in NYC, and shot the cover & publicity photos for Mates
of State (Barsuk Records). Seth is shooting stills for two months on director
Jared Hess' upcoming film "Gentlemen Broncos" (Fox Searchlight).
Stylist Shirley Kurata worked with Ryan McGinley on a job for Wieden
+ Kennedy, and on commercials for Comcast, Domino's Pizza, and Microsoft
with director Aaron Ruell (Biscuit). She also styled Mason Jennings and
Eric Hutchinson.
F. Scott Schafer shot The Offspring for Columbia Records in Australia,
and ad campaigns for Aflac, Bacardi, and US Bank. He can currently be
found heli-snowboarding in Alaska...
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We welcome two fabulous photographers to our roster — THE COBRASNAKE
and LAURA CROSTA! We're so excited you're here! Check 'em out on
the site and at www.thecobrasnake.com
and www.lauracrosta.com.
Autumn de Wilde photographed Jenny Lewis, Low vs. Diamond for Sony
BMG, She & Him (M. Ward & Zooey Deschanel) for Merge Records, The Annuals
for Canvassback Records/Sony BMG, The Switches for Interscope, Colin Malloy
for KRS, and documented the designers Rodarte during New York Fashion
Week for Fall 08. She also worked with NYLON, HARPER'S BAZAAR AUSTRALIA,
HUMO (Belgium), and ELLE. Autumn's exhibit of photographs from her book,
Elliott Smith, will travel from Powell's Books in Portland to Queen's
Nails Annex in San Francisco, opening Feb. 28 (presented by Noise Pop
and Chronicle Books).
Michael Schmelling shot the new look book for Isaac Mizrahi's men's
couture collection and photographed Destroyer for Merge Records. He worked
with THE WIRE, 'SUP, NEW YORK MAGAZINE and is also working camera for
the upcoming MTV show "How's Your News." Check out his current feature
in ESQUIRE.
Art Director David Calderley designed the invitations and catalogue
for Carmen Marc Valvo Fall 08 Collection, Bryant Park NYC. He had a double
page spread for the NY TIMES Fashion Supplement Magazine, and designed
the Rogues Harbor Studios Website (www.therhs.com).
David also designed the new Counting Crows album for Geffen Records, and
the album for the Salvador Santana Band. He is currently developing graphics
for the new HBO movie "We Are Together," and working on the Dianelia Cotton
album. Recent press includes a feature in IDN March issue v15 (www.idnworld.com)
and a double page feature in Computer Arts March Issue (www.computerarts.co.uk).
F. Scott Schafer shot Flight of the Conchords (awesome) for MAXIM,
16 pro wrestlers for an upcoming fold-out cover for WWE MAGAZINE, Flava
Flav for his new sitcom "Under One Roof" for My Network TV, and advertising
campaigns for Aflac and Bacardi Holiday. He'll be traveling to Australia
in February to shoot The Offspring for Columbia Records.
Jeremy & Claire Weiss shot all the new publicity and promotional
photos for Gnarls Barkley's new album, and shot Ferras for Capitol Music
Group. They also worked with FAST COMPANY and READYMADE. Holla!
Blake E. Marquis released the typeface Dubby with foundry You Work
For Them (www.youworkforthem.com).
He designed the MySpace.com poster for Joe Rogan and Janeane Garofalo.
Graphis gave his GreeNYC logo design the Gold Award. He is also working
with Creature agency in Seattle on an ad campaign for Pacifico.
Laura Crosta photographed and directed the EPK's for Lucas Reynolds
for Vanguard and The Duhks for Sugar Hill Records in Nashville.
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